CODE READING APPARATUS, SALES DATA PROCESSING APPARATUS AND SALES DATA PROCESSING METHOD

• US 20130054344A1
• Filed: 08/10/2012
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Toshiba Tec Corporation (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Iizaka, Hitoshi
• Application Number:
  US13/571,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20130054344A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.38
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/208 Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/387 Payment using discounts or coupons relating to marketing G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0207 Discounts or incentives, e.g. coupons or rebates
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0054 with control of supplementary check-parameters, e.g. weight or number of articles

Abstract

A code reading apparatus comprises a photographing section configured to image an image, a commodity information reading section configured to read commodity information from a code symbol, an image detection section configured to detect an image suitable for the pattern image from the photographs photographed by the photographing section through pattern recognition by referring to a storage section in which the service information relevant to the service to be provided to a customer is stored in association with a pattern image for pattern recognition on a service display displaying the service, a service information reading section configured to read the service information corresponding to the pattern image suitable for the image detected by the image detection section from the storage section and an information output section configured to output the commodity information read by the commodity information reading section and the service information read by the service information reading section.

Claims

1. A code reading apparatus, comprising:

a photographing section configured to image an image;

a commodity information reading section configured to read commodity information from a code symbol;

an image detection section configured to detect an image suitable for the pattern image from the photographs photographed by the photographing section through pattern recognition by referring to a storage section in which the service information relevant to the service to be provided to a customer is stored in association with a pattern image for pattern recognition on a service display displaying the service;

a service information reading section configured to read the service information corresponding to the pattern image suitable for the image detected by the image detection section from the storage section; and

an information output section configured to output the commodity information read by the commodity information reading section and the service information read by the service information reading section.

2. The code reading apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the storage section stores the service information in association with the pattern image for each of the service displays, and includes a selection acceptance section configured to accept the selection of the image detection section on the service display for pattern recognition from the plurality of service displays stored in the storage section;

and

the image detection section detects an image suitable for the pattern image of the reference object from the photographs photographed by the photographing section by taking the pattern image of the selected service display accepted by the selection acceptation section as a reference object.

3. The code reading apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:

a display control section configured to display a selection screen from which the image detection section selects the service display serving as the reference object for pattern recognition from the plurality of service displays stored in the storage section;

wherein

the selection acceptance section accepts the selection on the service display for pattern recognition based on the selection screen.

4. A sales data processing apparatus, comprising:

a receiving section configured to receive the commodity information or the service information from the code reading apparatus described in claims 1; and

a sales registration section configured to register the sales of commodities based on the commodity information and the service information.

5. The sales data processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein

the service information refers to the discount rate or discount-related information of a commodity;

and

the sales registration section registers the sales of the commodity by applying the discount rate or discount-related information contained in the service information to the commodity price corresponding to the commodity information.

6. A sales data processing method for a code reading includes a photographing section configured to image an image, comprising:

reading commodity information from a code symbol;

detecting an image suitable for the pattern image from the photographs photographed by the photographing section through pattern recognition by referring to a storage section in which the service information relevant to the service to be provided to a customer is stored in association with a pattern image for pattern recognition on a service display displaying the service;

reading the service information corresponding to the pattern image suitable for the detected image from the storage section; and

outputting the read commodity information and the read service information.